The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-27
CONTROLLED FOR crime.
HOW PERSONS MAY BE HYPNO.
TIED BY CRIMINALS
Aud Made TO Aid Them In Their
Theits, Robberies and Murders
Marvellous Experiences.

NEW York, Ma ca 26-Tle He7al
says the fact that the advance O
scienc CO is uften retarded through fsa
OF public deTision was never bette
illustrated than in some experiment
in hypotism made by DR.. w. A. Ham
mond some six years ago. Before
body OF man called the New York
Medco Legal Society he placed a Mr.
Gray, q young man employed as /,
booSkeepsr in dry goods store there
into a hypnotic state, and made him
do things that the other IN mbsrs Of
the society could hardly believe. A
report OF the proceedings was taken by
a photograph, as the meeting WAS Z
secret one, only the members Of the
society and Mr.. Gray heil present.
| The experimental ere OF so remar kable
a nature that the Publication Commit
tee OF the society decided that
it would be inexpedient for
the society even indirectly 10
commit itself on the sub.
jet by publishing the report. They
we're afraid OF berg laui he'd at. SO
the phonograph never told it's tale ex.
cept to DR.. Hammond, who made a
copy Of the report The recent exper
iments OF M. Uharcot aud his c )wOrk-
ers in France have brought tie won
ders OF hypnotism to the peoples
notice, 30 that DIR. Hammond feelI no
longer bound by any obligsts 10 the
sociey to keep the matter quie', but
that 1t is desirable to show that the
honor Of making practical ,xp .riments
in hypnotism beIougs to this county
instead OF France. In fact, the exper-
iments made by Dr.. Hammond not
only c)yer the same ground that NJ.
OhsrCot ia travelling over, but go much
further into the subject.
The recent mai g from France have
brought ovet several works on the sub
ject, and there is at the present time
undoubtedly general interest and be.
lief in the power Of hypnotisn.
"Since those exper.ments were made
bsfore The eoc ety." said d.. Ham
mo-d d, ~ have frequently made others
OF similar nature in my office. Mr..
Gray is the easiest subjec. to work on
that ever met. II requires but very
little effort to put him in a hypnotic
state. | have him up here FIRE 9usntly
to experiment upon before people " he
are interested in the matter"
DIR. Hammond then produced the
report OF his experiment as they were
told by the photograph. In int. oduc.
ing the subject to tho society he said:
There is reason 10 assume thai the
ar clients were well acquainted with
hypnotism. About 100 Years ago,
however, Mesmer ii at attracted the
prcfouud attention OF EuropsBns o it.
He, however, stil ted from an er oas-
GUS basis-nsmely, that there MAS an
Inherent quality powerin the person
operating which accounted for The
eff cts pr due d. That 10 very
wrong notion. What l am jig TO do
is not inherent in me, but In tie per-
son operated upon. Any OF you could
d. it, or he could do II himself.
"The Conditions OF hypno.ism," he
continued. "or, as l prtf,r to cal it,
syggignocism, meaning the agreeing of
one mind with another mind, is in
reality condition OF automat am in
which &C 8 are performed with0lt the
conscious willing Of tha subject We
sre ali mole or lese automsts. for a
great many If cur toe are p.If1rmed
not only withouC UuG against ear will.
Gases Of what We ordinarily call alb.
sence Of mind are simply cse Of
automatism. The phenomena of
reverie il scarcely 10 BIO distinguished
in some of their aspec from come Of
those Of hypnotism.
"By removing the brain Of pigeon
we do not destroy its mental faculties.
Such pigeon sees, hears. feels, will |
swallow food put in Its mouth, but is
OF organization AM impul-
Bss twill stand htill in the attitude
in which 1t is placed until t dies OF |
but throw it in the air and
it will hy.
SNAKE STORIES.
"Until recently II hes been Thought |
possible to perform experiments Of |
his kind on warm blo,ded animals.
Everyone has seen han stsgger
pr uud after her head Ia cut of. /
have repeat dy seen rattlesnakss per
Form determinate movements when |
their heads were cut of In ono in. I
stance that came 10 my knowledge
snake WAS coied up in the middle of o
road when teamSter came along ard
cut its head of with q single blow Of
his whio. The snake remained Coilcd.
The man stoopsd over il, ard l sup
p 30 touched it in some way. Instantly
the snske uncoiled itself, HpTang for
ward and struck the tee mister fall in
.he forehead with it's headless trunk.
The man was 60 Mortified that no
isinted away.
"All these facts go TO show that
here is something in an animals Or
,aniEation besides it's brain which is
capable Of carrying on the functions Of
lie. In hypnotism there is an appa-
'ent cutting OF OF certain portions OF
The brain, the basal ganGlia all that
yray matter at the base OF the brain
nay be able to act, but the highest
PORTIONS OF the brain appear to be
impaired, 20 ss 10 give rise to very Gu.
-ious phenomena. We are all con-
icious Of our existence. We are all
Of our identity. In cases Of
lypn otism the consciousness seems to
DO 30 altered that the Individual is not
lwsre Of his identity. 1t is q condi.
ion Of double eonsCionsness.
Nobody knows what parts OF the
Drain is involved in hypnotism. Tho
brain csnnSt originate anything. 1t
sets all ito ideas from without. A per-
ION born without any Of the fye senses
would never bs capable Of having an
dea. Suppose the upper part Of the
Drain is asleep, the lower part is still
,apsble of transmitting an impulee
downward to the muscles OF the body,
md therefore a man may act in &C.
,ordsnce with q perception without
having an idea Of thing that Ia per-
,eiVed.
Laws are made in accordance with
he advancement OF science. They
the developments d else.
richly, that were not needed years
sgo. think there 10 q good deal in
his syggigAostlO condition that should
DO taken cOgnisanse Of BY the legal au.
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